Fencing.



W. C. JOHNSON.

FENCING.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I3. I9I7.

E. IIL @9m 9 Patented June 18, 1918.

"nn enanas earner WALTER CLAUDE JOHNSON', OF COLEMANS HATCH, ENGLAND.

FENCING.

Application led April 13, 1917.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WALTER CLAUDE JOHN- soN, subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing at Broadstone Farm, Colemans Hatch, Sussex,England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fencing, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved construction of continuous fencingconsisting of wooden staves secured at intervals to bendablelongitudinal strips, the assembled components being adapted to be rolledinto a bundle convenient for transportation to the place of erection.

In fencing of such a character, as hitherto constructed, the flexiblelongitudinal member has consisted of double wires twisted around eachother in a manner to provide loops within which the wooden staves aresecured. In such a method of construction the staves and thelongitudinal flexible member of the fencing are inseparable whereas,according to the present invention the staves, which constitute thechief bulk and mass of the fencing, can be provided locally and thecomponents of the fence assembled either a situ or in the immediateneighborhood of the place of erection.

According to the present invention the flexible longitudinal componentconsists of a bendable strip of metal which is perfor ated at intervalsfor the insertion of wire fastenings or provided at intervals withnotches for the engagement therewith of bendable fastening clips asrepresented in the accompanying drawings which show alternative detailsof construction.

In these drawings Figures 1 and 2 show how the staves and thelongitudinal strip are secured together by wire fastening elements.

Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 show how the fastening element consists of abendable clip, Fig. 3 being the prole of the clip as stamped from sheetmetal, Fig. 4 a plan, Fig. 5 a side elevation and Fig. 6 a frontelevation.

Figs. 7 8 and 9 represent a modified construction of the same type ofclip.

Fig. l0 is one view of a further modification.

Fig. l1 is an elevation on a smaller scale showing portions of fencingassembled and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @Iune le, 491W..

serial No. 161,736.

erected by means of the clip fastenings illustrated in the preceedingfigures.

Referring to Figs. l and 2 the longitudinal strip A is perforated byequidistant holes or cavities a, a, large enough to receive a shortlength of wire fastening C inserted as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

A stave B is secured to the strip A by assembling them as shown in Fig.2 in full lines in such a manner that the wire C is bent to embrace thestave and the ends twisted around one another. By such means the stavesmay be spaced near together or far apart as desired.

According to Figs. 3-6 the fastening element consists of a clip piece Dstamped to a cross profile from bendable metal as shown in Fig. 3 thelong arms d1, perforated near their extremities, being of such a lengthas to embrace the stave and cause the two holes at their extremities tobecome coincident and enable a nail E to be driven throughboth into thestave B as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The shorter arms d2 d2 are of such alength as to clasp the longitudinal strip F at the portion where a notchor cavity 7 is formed as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. rllhe notch may beformed on one only of the edges of the strip or on both edges asindicated in Fig. 11. 'Ihe notch f serves to prevent longitu dinaldisplacement of the clip fastening D along the strip F.

To enable the clip fastening to closely embrace staves of varying girth,the cross shaped clip-piece may be somewhat modified as shown by G inFig. 7 and bent to embrace the stave as shown in Figs. 8 and 9 enablingeach arm g1 to be separately nailed to the stave.

According to a further modication the extremities of the longer arms ofthe crossshaped clip-piece may be bent hook-shaped as shown in Fig. 10and secured together by wire and thus obtain a tighter embrace of thestave.

I claim:

1. A fence comprising spaced vertical staves, flat strips spanning thestaves and elongated fastening elements embracing the staves and havingmedial extensions embracing the strips.

2. fence comprising spaced vertical staves, Hat strips spanning thestaves and In testimony whereof I have signed my formed at intervalsWith notches, and elonname to this specilication in the presence of l0gated fastening elements embracing the two subscribing Witnesses.

staves and having medial extensions embrae- T ing the strips andengaging said notches to WALTER CLAUDE JOHAS-ON' prevent longitudinal asWell as vertical Vitnesses: movements of the strips With respect to theRoBT. A. BLAKE, staves. F. W. LANE.

, Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

